Coffee, Jam & Honey on a CD - will it survive?

Early Compact Disc demonstrations tried to show how indestructible it was by smearing honey & pouring coffee on it, then playing it. Did the disc and more importantly the player stand up to such abuse? Let's find out!
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[@LittleCar]

Yes, I noticed the Reader's Digest CD wouldn't play because I paused the CD player. User error!

[@Daren_PNW]

😅🤣

[@AndrewPeterson599]

But it was your subconscious trying to spare you from the horror.

[@christopherconard2831]

This is the weirdest episode of Project Farm I've ever seen. As someone who lived at the beach when CDs started I can assure you that they are quite far from indestructible. Sand also has a knack for landing on, and scratching, you favorite song on a CD.

[@cageliner]

The shiny side of a CD is quite thick and protects the data fairly well, unless it's made nearly opaque by scratching. The label side is closer to the data, and you can damage a CD by writing on a label with a ball point pen. The plastic is so thin on the label side that pressing firmly with a pen will distort the aluminum pressing below.

[@klutchcustoms2428]

Compelling results. I may have to stop storing my CDs in the honey 🍯 pot.

[@rome0610]

"Nobody was harmed in the making of this video" - Well, nobody but one disc... 🤪

[@NLBassist]

If the player opened and closed at a normal tempo it would be a 5 minute vid haha

[@BilisNegra]

As a matter of fact, given the topic I expected the video to be shorter and though not the only culprit, that ass-slow opening mechanism is to blame for that to a large extent.

[@mrjsv4935]

As a young lad I was working in a library for a while, one job was to try and remove scratches from audio cd's using a machine with some polishing pads. Some could be fixed but some were just too far gone.

[@spudgunn8695]

I think the "spreading jam on a CD" thing came from an old Kenny Everett sketch taking the mickey out of Tomorrow's World. He did that quite often. Could be wrong though.

[@Mariazellerbahn]

Some CD's will not play if you scratch the label as the recorded layer is the underside of the label (The Beatles "1" album is one such CD). Some CD's will play even if the label flakes off as the recorded layer is sandwiched in the plastic (Pink Floyd's "DSOTM" is one such CD.

[@cornishrider]

I definitely remember on UK TV someone putting a Pizza on one

[@vlastimir77]

Informative and quality content

[@randylahey1232]

I once fixed a cd with the business end of a wooden spoon....worked perfect after no more skipping....true story

[@LDTV22OfficialChannel]

Wow, that one 1983 video is still proven thanks to this one.

[@jeffpeverett5294]

Just like Club DJ's kept the Vinyl alive with the youngsters in its darkest days, it is the good old hatchback, that is going to keep the CD alive in what is now its darkest days. I am seeing more and more youngsters in my Record Store, buying CD's for the hatchback that Mum gifted them on her upgrade to a SUV.

[@mikehiggins4079]

With the amount of sugar in the jam & honey used, maybe the CD player went into a diabetic coma.

[@LittleCar]

😀

[@wtfhaveidone6589]

Channeling your inner Techmoan? Great video!

[@LittleCar]

Channeling my inner silliness!

[@richardcrossley5581]

So Mrs Big Car went to the shops on a Saturday afternoon and left you to your own devices. I just spent the best part of 20 minutes laughing.

[@LittleCar]

I shouldn't be left alone!

[@Grantly]

Nice change of pace. This and the RMC video

[@nickjacobs1770]

Quick fact. The original length of a C.D. was set at just over 60 mins by the head of Sony, who co developed with Phillips. This was the length of his favourite classical music piece, which was Beethovens' 9th symphony.

[@graealex]

You mean "quick urban myth that has been disproved countless times"...

[@Indiediscs]

Well Paul Weller & Co, did put some jam on CDs ;))

[@LittleCar]

😀

[@BilisNegra]

No CDs back then though. They were more of a Style Council era onwards thinghy.

[@yips_way]

Wow - they're cool. Might have to switch out my cassette collection for these new fangled cd's even though I just got used to cassettes recently after moving away from my vinyl 78s collection 🤣

[@LittleCar]

You were fool to move away from 78s. Cassettes are a fad...

[@yips_way]

@@LittleCar 🤣 yup, joking aside, they break much easier too. Can't tell you how many unplayable cassettes I have in my possession yet all my vinyl still play (78s, 45s & 33s) 👍

[@flemmingsorensen5470]

LOVE the scientific approach 😂☺️👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@davebirch1976]

There was something where they put jam on a CD but it wasn't Tomorrows World, I actually watched it the other month, they clearly used a soundtrack when they put it in the player 😆

[@toddblanks]

Generally i like to place my cd's in the toaster before adding honey or jam & coffee. Okay, they may not work, but they taste so much better😉

[@jameslaidler2152]

Originally CDs were to be in a caddy similar to Magneto Optical discs and Sony's version of those, MiniDisc. Unfortunately pandering to making things cheaper for "good enough works for me" consumers meant they just developed stronger protective varnishes for the read side etc. And yet MO and MDs enjoyed near true indestructibility with their caddy systems. We of course know about DVD RAM discs which sometimes used caddies. Also Sony had the Professional Disc, which was BluRay right before it was released, but not quite BluRay, but the same technology in a caddy which made it look like a giant UMD disc, which was also theirs. These were used in more professional oriented video cameras for a while. But of course lost out to flash memory.

[@Horvi83]

I guarantee it will not play if you scratch the label side, i mean reeeeally scratch it. :) Love the channels...

[@thatcheapguy525]

only a true nerd can have so much fun making this video AND watching it lol

[@michaelturner4457]

Should try scrubbing them with a brillo pad, then see if they'll play.

[@titiparisien5915]

My room 101 is already full of rap discs. So I will keep all my precious patriotic music discs. And I will perhaps start a collection Ray Conniff records. Seems interesting.

[@BilisNegra]

Given that the payer did not even spin and the lens did not get dirty (basically only the spindle was soiled), it was very odd that it would not work anymore. Of course, we now know why.

[@timyoung7788]

Apparently if you shave the edges of the CD then use a black marker pen it stops the laser light from escaping and improves sound quality😂 Any you're not a fan of Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf and his marching band music!

[@LittleCar]

Yes, and also Hammond organ music that Arnie was a fan of!

[@stephenevans6070]

I remember that test, pure nonsense, you could do the identical test with a 33 album, as long as it was wiped clean it would still work, probably better than before as a clean album will play better than one covered in fluff

[@IDann1]

NFC connects the bluetooth.

[@LittleCar]

Ah - makes sense.

[@wisteela]

Maybe the older players were more tolerant? Great find with that 1984 Beethoven CD. I love that honey bottle. The NFC will be too do with Bluetooth pairing. Maybe you need the remote to set the clock?

[@LittleCar]

I took it back to the charity shop - we'll never know!

[@wisteela]

@@LittleCar 😁

[@frazzleface753]

The CDs will have their revenge!

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

Stopped at 10 mins, I'm going to make a prediction that the "destructive" test is a microwave 😁pls pls pls!!

[@ArndBrugman]

Honey, Coffee. Sure dear, coming up!

[@markbriggs5531]

Poor Ray Conniff! Great fun though!

[@BitchinSpectre]

Those bees worked so hard... And for what...

[@verttikoo2052]

I remember these 🤔 You had to have the cass ette player for these 🤔🥳

[@vaiouser2]

The best way to kill a CD is to really not want it to die

[@imark7777777]

I think CDs are going to make a comeback. With the preference of media getting removed from online sources I give it a few years we're going to see CDs and DVDs and Blu-rays have a small resurgence. Besides I never stopped buying CDs I just don't like that many bands. Just joking I have Spotify mostly for the you want to hear what requests but if I like some thing I buy the CD and rip it that way I have a back up the CD and work off the digital copy in my media library.

[@EthanMickelson]

I'm so confused how I got to this part of YT! Lol

[@danielthomas3057]

I like Ray Conniff.

[@LittleCar]

Wash your mouth out! 😉

[@chrisweddle2577]

Wasn't it Blue Peter who spread marmalade on a CD?

[@LittleCar]

That was Paddington.

[@jamesengland7461]

Are you feeling alright?

[@ronniebeaumont2928]

My room 101 is patriotic music discs. Totally love Ray Conniff. Little Car has no taste in music. 😂

[@LittleCar]

😂

[@ronniebeaumont2928]

I see you saved the Ray Conniff CD from total destruction . Nice one 😺😀👍

[@jamesengland7461]

... this video brought to you by one of the guys who helped fix Ford's Sync system :) He's a professional, folks; don't try this at home.

[@LittleCar]

We've all got a silly side!

[@MICHGO1]

WHY?

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Dont forget to put your CD's in a CD Demagnetiser to improve the sound quality. Yes this is really a thing, see Techmoan. Of course its marketing BS, but they still sold them.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

CDs aren't microwave oven proof, my first choice for deleting Digital disc media.

[@DavidLee-df888]

I thought bear shaped honey bottles was just a joke Americans liked to play. But here you seem to be trying to perpetuate the stereotype we, and maybe you before you moved there to the States, had 🤷‍♂😀

[@williamgreen5575]

Stick to the car videos